COIR

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Caption : KOCHI, 08/08/2010: A worker piling bales of coir yarn at a unit near Kochi in Kerala.The Government of Kerala has announced that it would declare 2010 as the 'National Year for Coir' and that a project has been prepared to form a consortium for collection of husk. With 10.05 lakh hectares under cultivation, coconut palms account for 45 per cent of the net cropped area in Kerala. A trademark registration had been obtained for Kerala Coir, styled as the 'Golden Yarn of God's Own Country'. The end products of the coir manufacturing industry are mats, matting, rubberised coir products, mattresses, pillows, cushions, geo-textiles, pith, rugs and carpets.
Photo: K.K. Mustafah 08-08-2010